In business, it’s common practice to have a five-year plan outlining your goals. In education, it often feels difficult to produce a five-month plan, such are the shifting sands of finances and government policies. However, at the risk of embarking on a fool’s errand, I’m g...
/Leader/Issues/2024-Summer-term/Spirit-of-optimism 03/06/2024 11:43:28
By Philip Harding-Esch, NCLE - UCL Communications Lead As school leaders, you’re well aware that supporting your language teams can be instrumental in boosting both uptake and attainment. With the new GCSE languages specification already underway and unprecedented levels ...
/News/Blog/October-2024/System-Leadership-in-Action-Languages
By Gemma Hathaway, Senior leader and EDI Trust Lead for Blue Coat School , Coventry, part of the Inspire Education Trust In education today, the urgency for a strategic and trust-wide approach to equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) has never been clearer. Recent data...
/News/Blog/November-2024/Empowering-Inclusive-Education-Trust-wide-EDI-init
By Tarina Chow, Executive Business Manager of a SEND-specialist MAT This blog is part 2 of a three-part blog series. You can read part 1, Sustainability: A practical guide for schools and college leaders , here .  One of our key takeaways from the ASCL Sustainability C...
/News/Blog/December-2024/Sustainability-is-a-Journey,-Not-a-Destination
ASCL’s LGBT Leaders’ Network is launching at a positive moment for equality, diversity and inclusion campaigners but there is much work still to do, says Rich Atterton. It was the year that Rick Astley declared he was never gonna give you up, league champions Liverpool we...
/Help-and-Advice/Inclusion/Diversity/Flying-the-flag 14/07/2021 16:29:51
What is ASCL Council?  Council is ASCL’s governing body, responsible for directing and controlling the organisation. It is also the engine room of our policymaking, representing members’ views on issues from curriculum, assessment and inclusion to governance, leadership an...
/About-us/Organisation-and-Governance/ASCL-Council/Council-discussions/ASCL-Council-February-2024 20/02/2024 08:36:25
A razor-sharp focus September has seen a whirlwind of change within School Leaders Scotland (SLS). I am privileged to take up the post of General Secretary following the retirement of Graham Hutton. At the same time, we saw the retirement of Allyson Dobson, Professional L...
/Leader/Issues/2025-Autumn-term/ASCL-UK 03/10/2025 09:59:15
It’s telling how often the Department for Education changes its name. In the past 30 years it’s been known as the Department of Education and Science, the Department for Education and Employment, and the Department for Children, Schools and Families. Each new label signals a c...
/Leader/Issues/2025-Autumn-term/What-are-schools-for 03/10/2025 10:21:45
The global economy and world of work is transforming at a rapid pace. Advances in technology, alongside demographic, environmental and economic changes are reshaping what tomorrow’s jobs will look like. The jobs being created are predominantly high-skilled roles, whereas lower...
/Leader/Issues/2025-Autumn-term/The-Skills-Imperative 03/10/2025 11:02:09
The education sector has been through times of great change on several occasions in the past – the reforms of Kenneth Baker in the late 1980s and Michael Gove in the 2010s spring to mind.   This autumn term may come to be seen as a similar moment in time, albeit in a rathe...
/Leader/Issues/2025-Autumn-term/Education-is-facing-a-policy-tsunami 03/10/2025 11:30:47
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